Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...used to be so simple: butter is bad. Margarine is better. Vegetable oils are best. And too much fat of any sort is not good for you. But these easy guidelines have given way to a bewildering -- and at times contradictory -- smorgasbord of dietary dos and don'ts. Salads drizzled with olive oil are O.K. Confections rich in coconut oil aren't. Fish oil gets two thumbs up. Margarine receives rancid reviews. "I swear to God, it's confusing," declares Peter Summers, a retired health-care specialist who lives in San Francisco. "First I went to margarine. But then...
Fortunately, antidotes to this problem abound. Varying amounts of linoleic and linolenic acid are found in different kinds of cooking and salad oils -- among them corn, soybean, safflower and walnut oils. They are also present in seeds, nuts and green vegetables like broccoli. But don't look for polyunsaturated oils in processed grains, advises Siguel. Food manufacturers generally remove these spoilage-prone compounds from pasta, bread and breakfast cereal in order to lengthen the shelf life of their products. Thus, Siguel ventures, a slice of pizza made with soybean oil may be healthier than portions of some low-fat foods...
...maybe people shouldn't swill soybean-oil cocktails just because of the Boston University report. "Give me a break," exclaims Dr. William Castelli, director of the Framingham Heart Study in Massachusetts. "This was a very, very tiny study." The observation that heart-disease patients have low levels of essential fatty acids is interesting and deserves follow-up, but it hardly provides proof of cause and effect. In time, perhaps, a more convincing link will emerge...
...success of a strike can be judged by the degree of economic paralysis it induces, the 230,000 Nigerian oil workers who began walking off their jobs on July 4 in an effort to topple the country's military government were successful beyond their dreams. The work stoppage, which escalated last week when it was joined by the 3.5 million members of the largest umbrella union, the Nigeria Labor Congress, played havoc with everyday life. Banks were shuttered, as were most small shops and businesses. Most painfully affected was Nigeria's biggest source of foreign exchange, the oil industry...
Cuban authorities are locked in a standoff with 700 would-be emigres who took over an oil tanker in the port of Mariel, intent on reaching U.S. soil. The Cubans reportedly took advantage of a security lapse and rushed aboard the Maltese-registered vessel Sunday. The number of Cubans fleeing is rising as the Communist country's economy disintegrates without Soviet aid. The U.S. Coast Guard helped 371 Cubans to shore over the weekend, the biggest three-day total since the Mariel boatlift...